Shahumyan

i dunno why people are disgusted, think of the potential...

Armenians in diaspora are only good in small quantities, you get too much and it becomes a s**t hole, with tosser people all over the place, see LA, London, Paris etc...

sincec when did the capitalists tell the people where money was going?? im a british taxpayer, no bastard told me where money was going...

i dont think anyone is bashing the American people per ce, rather the barbarious American Ruling class, which is responsible for the deaths of millions in the last century

if Azeri budget gets as much money as nigerian does from its oil, Armenians should be laughing. I think were unnderestimating the power of the capitalists here and how much they take from the oil. the government gets a tiny penny from it

Abuse in the family is one of the highest in the world in Armenia. ***ed up chauvenism...disgusting

As a sidenote, i dont think we should be too worried as the money generated from Azerbaijans oil will not be going to the Azerbaijani people and their national budget, but rather into the pockets of the Capitalists, therefore a tiny amount will actually go to a possible war effort against Armenia

i think Khazar has generally been bang on throughout this thread. I would like to add some points. Although i am an internationalist, i think the Chechens deserve the right for self determination, and as Armenians who in the case of Kharabagh have seen the effects of not having the power to affect yourselves, we should be first to stand in solidarity with the Chechen workers, and their demands for a independent secular state. 2ndly, the Armenian workers should make no alliance with no bourgeoise state, be it Russia, America, Georgia or Turkey, as none of these have any interest in the welfare of the Armenia people as an end. They simply wish to further their classes interest. examples are: Russia wants to maintain Armenia as "ally" so Nato and USA dont take over whole of caucauses. also its a market they want to penetrate with their goods, and already have succeeded in doing if you go to Yerevan and see their goods there. America wants Armenia onside so as it can be a satelite against a potential sleeping superpower, Russia. Back to the Chechens fighting for Azerbaijan, its obvious that normal chechen people will not forget about their cause just so that they can go help Azerbaijan, when Russia is dropping bombs on them. No logic. I personally think this Chechen human right person may simply be acting to stir things up so that Azerbaijan can increase funnds to the Chechen cause or for Chechen humanitarian causes. We should be wary of speeches like this, if they really meant anything, would they allow it to be published to every Tom Dick and Harry? i dont think so

Theres plenty of oil in Baku, if not the capitalists would not have invested money in order to get the oil out. The pipeline is an excellent example of how the ruling class puts its interests above those of anything else. It is claimeed that Capitalism is efficient, if so, why isnt it going through Armenia? I would like to see the reaction of the Armenians here who seem to worship America and all the "aid" its given to Armenia, and how it will stop when Armenia is no more use to the USA. As for the solution, the only solution is the combniation of the workers uprising of all the transcaucausian nations, to take power into their own hands and make decisions democratically, according to the needs of the region and for the benefit of the region, not for the benefit of the capitalists in Baku, Tiblissi, Ankara, London or Washington...

we can thank the capitalists for that hip hip, hurah!

im truly disgusted at the amount of male chauvenism on this board. who are men to decide whether women should smoke or not? And who are men to "set an example" since when were men the senior partner of a relationship to "set an example"? Armenian culture has been riddled with male chauvenism, and only during the Soviet period were women given a more equal right. However this gain has been lost to the counter revolutionary forces of capitalism. Women should be given every opportunity to be equal to men, such as baby care paid for by state in order to be able to go and work and be as independent as men. I think this thread highlights fundamental backwardness of our Armenian Culture.

hajis is arevmedahye for "friend" who is junior to you. isnt it?

no i dont have figures unfortuunately, however i think the scale of building and works in Armenia at the time is a little indication

the reason i made my comment is because ive seen people go to USA, think its great, then they cant get a 1 week break to go on holiday, and they have to work 10 hours a day....if u are happy to be a member of such a society, i feel sorry for u

u can call me stepan of couerse soviet armenian budget was bigger